Volkswagen Group China
VOLKSWAGEN CHINA TRANSFORMS ITS DATA
CENTRE
Case Study
Objective
Transform its ageing data centre to ensure
uninterrupted IT infrastructure services
Approach
Conducted a review of options from leading vendors
IT improvements
•Improved reliability with new wiring, power and
cooling, ensures IT function keeps pace with business
growth
•Overhauled its data centre operations with no
impact on business, satisfying management concerns
Business benefits
•Reduced operating costs with Power Usage
Effectiveness (PUE) dropping from 2.5 to 1.8
indicating the use of 30-40 per cent less energy
•Almost 50 per cent more space now available inside
the data centre provides room to grow without
additional cost
Volkswagen was one of the first international
automotive manufacturers to set up operations in
China, entering the market in 1984. Today, it has 14
divisions across China, including manufacturing, spare
parts and servicing.
The single data centre which provided infrastructure
services for the entire Volkswagen Group in China was
in desperate need of upgrades. Most urgently, there
was no effective integrated automated monitoring
system, the air-conditioning and alarm systems were
faulty, the network wiring was a mess, and there were
serious power supply hazards.
Volkswagen Group China was wasting a great deal
of resources keeping the system functioning, taking
energy away from business development and service
improvements.
Aware it needed to fix these reliability issues to deliver
a highly scalable, flexible alternative, the Group met
with several vendors. It selected the Critical Facilities
Services team from HP Technology Services to
complete the on-line upgrade and transformation of the
data centre.
“Our data centre became more complex and difficult
to manage, but it has now regained a new life thanks
to the Critical Facilities Services team at HP Technology
Services. In all areas, including sales, design, transformation
implementation, control and deployment and IT outsourcing,
HP has lived up to the trust and support that Volkswagen
China has given it since day one.” Michael Sieger, CTO,
Volkswagen Group China.
HP customer
case study:
Volkswagen
China Works with
HP Technology
Services to
transform its Data
Centre operations
Industry:
Manufacturing